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NEPA MPO Announces Opening of Public Comment Period and Public Meeting on Draft Long Range Transportation Plan
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NEPA MPO Announces Opening of Public Comment Period and Public Meeting on Draft Long Range Transportation Plan

Posted Friday, November 17, 2023 By NEPA Alliance

The Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance (NEPA), designated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Carbon, Monroe, Pike, and Schuylkill counties, is the organization that considers and approves the plans and programs and the Federal and State funding for highway and transit systems in the four-county MPO area.  The NEPA MPO is developing its 2050 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP).  The NEPA MPO is holding a 30-day public comment period on the draft LRTP beginning on Friday, November 17, 2023 and ending on Monday, December 18, 2023. 

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Oppose House Bill 1481
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Oppose House Bill 1481

Posted Friday, November 17, 2023 By PA Chamber of Business and Industry

Pennsylvania employers already pay some of the highest UC taxes in the entire country to finance one of the nation's more generous unemployment systems. These benefits are meant to help Pennsylvanians who lose their jobs through no fault of their own while they search for other employment; extending them to individuals who voluntarily participate in a work stoppage is wildly inappropriate.

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